/* Gauge - Performance Measurement Framework for Mobile Platforms
 * Copyright (C) 2013, Juha Hytonen <juha.a.hytonen@gmail.com>
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package org.gauge;

import org.joda.time.DateTime;

/**
 * Base class for serializers. Provides some convenience methods.
 */
public class AbstractSerializer {

	protected static final String DefaultSeparator = String.valueOf(Protocol.MsgPartSeparator);
	
	protected final String convertToTimestamp(DateTime dateTime) {
		return String.valueOf(dateTime.getMillis());
	}
	
	protected final DateTime convertToDateTime(String timestamp) {
		return new DateTime(Long.valueOf(timestamp));
	}
}
